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Revision as of 16:25, 18 August 2019
Developers | |
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Spellbound | |
macOS (OS X) | RuneSoft |
Publishers | |
Infogrames | |
Nordic Games | |
Engines | |
Trinigy Vision Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 23, 2001 |
macOS (OS X) | March 4, 2015[1] |
Linux | July 5, 2018[2] |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Desperados | |
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Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive | 2001 |
Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge | 2006 |
Helldorado | 2007 |
Desperados III | 2020 |
Key points
- The Steam and GOG version has been fixed to work on modern systems.
General information
- Official Website (archived)
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Steam |
- A demo can be downloaded from the Internet Archive. The level is included in the modernized version.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The v1.01 Patch updates the retail game to the latest version.
Compatibility on modern systems
- Various DirectX wrappers can be used to improve compatibility on modern systems and prevent issues like crashes or a low framerate.
DXGL[3] |
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dgVoodoo2[3] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Game\Data\Configuration\[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Game\Data\Savegame\[Note 1] |
Steam | %APPDATA%\THQNordic\Desperados\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Local retail version only. | |||
Russian | 1C-Softclub | |||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Crashes
Enable the following compatibility settings for the game.exe file: Compatibility mode (Windows XP SP 3). [4]
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- Sometimes the game crashes when loading a new level or a different save file.
Delete SpriteBank.tmp[3] |
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Strange mouse movement
Change settings in control panel[5] |
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FMVs don't play
Copy video files to game directory[3] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DirectDraw | 7 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | FMOD | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000 (only as user) | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 233 MHz MMX | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 600 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 4 MB videocard (No 3D card necessary, incompatible with Permedia 2) DirectX 7.1 or higher compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.7 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu, SteamOS | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 1.4 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ RuneSoft :: Desperados raiding the Appstore
- ↑ Desperados - Wanted Dead or Alive :: Update: Modern System Compatibility (Win8, Win10, Mac and Linux support) and Demo Level added! - Steam Community - last accessed on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Verified by User:Waschbär on 2018-11-09
- ↑ Constant crash!?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 2018-11-16
- ↑ This is how to fix the Mouse :: Desperados - Wanted Dead or Alive General Discussions - last accessed on 2018-11-09